Chairman’s Message: The State of the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
This month’s Chairman’s Statement is an edited version of remarks given by Adm. Dennis Blair at the conclusion of the Sixth Annual Sasakawa USA Security Forum, held on April 24, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Adm. Blair provides analysis of the current state of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, cybersecurity, Defense, Japan, maritime security, NDPG, security, Self-Defense Force, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Chairman’s Message: What Japan’s Third National Defense Program Guidelines Should Have Said
Author: Admiral Dennis Blair
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
Although there are many positive features of the NDPG, they are inadequate in the very important area of achieving joint operations by the Self Defense Force. NDPG documents are always the tip of an iceberg, indicating the presence of much more substance unseen below the water line. However even tips of icebergs indicate overall direction and speed. The 2019 NDPG show a positive direction for Japanese joint capabilities, but the speed is disappointingly slow, much too slow for the security environment that the document itself accurately describes.
Tags: Air Defense, Defense, Japan, Japan Self Defense Forces, NDPG, Shinzo Abe, us-japan alliance
‘Why Japan Will Spend Billions on F-35s’ published in the National Journal
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Mackenzie Weinger, Policy Editor for the National Journal, was one of eight rising U.S. journalists covering U.S. national security and defense issues who participated in a week-long study trip to Japan in December 2018 as part of the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) program. Weinger published “Why Japan Will Spend Billions on F-35s” in the National Journal on December 19, 2018.
Tags: Defense, Japan, security, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Admiral Blair quoted in The Economist about U.S.-Japan alliance
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of Sasakawa USA, was quoted in The Economist on September 6. Blair’s comments were published in, “Japan is worried about its alliance with America,” which examines the current state of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, Asia, Defense, Japan, security, Shinzo Abe, trade, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Chairman’s Message: Military Confrontations in Peace and War
Author: Admiral Dennis Blair
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
On a recent trip to East Asia, the subject of steadily increasing Chinese maritime and air activity in the waters and airspace of Japan and Taiwan came up often, Admiral Dennis Blair writes. Japan and Taiwan, with their “intercept everything” policies, are degrading their readiness to defend their territory in conflict, lowering deterrence of Chinese military aggression. How can these policies be changed without appearing as a weakening of resolve and capability?
Tags: Air Defense, China, Defense, Exclusive Economic Zones, international law, international waters, Japan, military operations, South China Sea, Taiwan